Saturday, December 3, 2011

My Christmas spirit suddenly arrived! I had some visits today and decided to make something christmassy.The cake recipe and chocolate frosting were taken from a very small Hershey pamphlet they gave me a very long time ago; they both are really easy and delicious! the vanilla buttercream is from Savory Sweet Life and was also great. I used some Strawberries to create the Christmas trees over the white snow atmosphere... hope you like it as much as I did!

Bake for 35 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the middle comes out clean. Let cool completely. Wrap the cakes in aluminium foil carefully and put them in the freezer for 1 hour. In the meantime you can start with the icing. With a serrated knife and very carefully, cut the cakes in half

Melt the butter. Stir in the cocoa until well combined. Alternate the powdered sugar and milk and mix well. Add the vanilla extract.

To assemble:

With a serrated knife, cut the two layers into four, carefully

Assembly the four layer cakes with a thin layer of white frosting in between. Add a very thin layer of the vanilla buttercream to the whole cake so the crumbs won't get into your frosting later on

With a star tip, add the vanilla buttercream to the whole cake. Add one strawberry at a time, covering it with the chocolate frosting with a star tip. Do the same with each strawberry until all covered.

You can add on top of each tree a small silver ball or yellow colored frosting. Anything that resembles a star